''The Devil Came from Akasava'' (german: Der Teufel kam aus Akasava) is a 1971

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directed by

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. It was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace called ''Keeper of the Stone''. The film was shot at the

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with

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in Lisbon and

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Background

''The Devil Came from Akasava'' is based on the

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''Keepers of the Stone'' in the collection ''Sanders of the River'' by

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Sanders of the River
/ref> and forming a part of exotic stories on the fictional indigenous people of the Akasava. It is a late example of Edgar Wallace film adaptations that were particularly popular in Germany during the 1960s. The lead actress Soledad Miranda was killed in a car accident in Portugal soon after finishing this film.

Plot

Prof. Walter Forrester ( Ángel Menéndez) is a British scientist working in the Akasava jungle in

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. His assistant finds a mysterious stone but it is stolen and Forrester vanishes, leaving him as the sole suspect. However, after a Scotland Yard detective is murdered while entering Forrester's office in

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, the Scotland Yard chief Sir Philipp (

Siegfried Schürenberg Siegfried Schürenberg (12 January 1900 – 31 August 1993) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1933 and 1974. He was born in Detmold, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany in 1993, at age 93. Although he never p ...

) hands the case to Jane Morgan (

Soledad Miranda Soledad Rendón Bueno (9 July 1943 – 18 August 1970), better known by her stage names Soledad Miranda or Susann Korda (or sometimes Susan Korday), was an actress and pop singer who was born in Seville, Spain. She starred in several erotic th ...

), an attractive agent, while given its international priority, Secret Intelligence Service will be on the case. Now, on a secret mission and with double identity as the young stripper wife of the British consul Irving Lambert ( Alberto Dalbés), Morgan arrives in South America. Meanwhile, she meets Rex Forrester ( Fred Williams), professor's nephew who is also concerned of his fate and arrives in the country for further investigation.

Cast

(as Susann Korda): Jane Morgan * Fred Williams: Rex Forrester *Jesús Franco (cameo): Tino Celli *

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: Dr. Andrew Thorrsen *Alberto Dalbés: Irving Lambert *

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: Ingrid Thorrsen *Ángel Menéndez: Prof. Walter Forrester *Siegfried Schürenberg: Sir Philipp *

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: Lord Kingsley * Paul Müller: Dr. Henry * Blandine Ebinger: Abigaile Kingsley * Howard Vernon: Humphrey

References

External links

* 1971 films West German films German adventure films German spy thriller films Spanish adventure films Spanish spy thriller films 1970s adventure films 1970s spy thriller films Films set in South America Films set in London Films directed by Jesús Franco 1970s German-language films Films based on works by Edgar Wallace Films based on short fiction Films shot at Spandau Studios 1970s German films {{adventure-film-stub